Luke Littler was sent from the World Master's Day on Sunday afternoon as he suffered a stunning 4-2 defeat for Jonny Clayton in the quarterfinals.
The world's 18-year-old champion was irresistible favorite against the world no. 7 And on average, he modified the impressive 108.5 in the match, but was rejected by a class as Clayton hit nine from 15 dunked dunks.
Loss means that Littler can now turn the focus on defending his Premier League Title, which starts on Thursday night in Belfast, live on Sky Sports.
Clayton stunned Littler with a top 138 ending for shooting the first set, but the 18-year-old won the following two legs to match immediately.
Ferret silenced the crowd of Milton Keynes, winning the third set against throwing, then hit D2 to ask for 3-1 leads after Littler missed the set on Bullseye.
Littler kept his nerve to win the fifth set of 81, then looked to stumble her back control when he broke Clayton from 11 -that to take the first leg of the sixth sets.
But Clayton opened the next leg with five perfect pizza before he loaded D16 to return immediately and sealed the familiar victory on top of what turned out like the final foot of the match.
Luke Littler Embraces Jonny Clayton after their quarterfinals in Milton Keynes (Pic: PDC)
“This phase likes me,” said 2021 Champion Clayton for ITV after that.
“Luke did not obviously playing his game, but it's a battle and I crossed the line. I can smile a big smile.
“He is a type of shooting, a great player's darts and he has a great future in front of him. He gave me a great lesson for the last two games I played against him.
“Everyone is joking aside, it's my way. It was my day.”
Clayton will face Dimitri Van Den Bergh In the semifinals after Belgian comfortably won out of species Nathan Aspinall 4-1.
ASP showed a certain resistance with the victory of the second set, but could not be corresponding to Van Den Bergh for most of the match and eventually lost outstanding final legs.
Aspinall opened with seven perfect pizza before the T19 was missing, but in the end he lost his leg – and the match was crucial – when he missed three darts in pairs.
Van Den Bergh punished him by hitting the peaks, then D10 to honor victory with a foot of 11 darts.
Bunting Title Defense ends after the last drama
Stephen Bunting holds his head after he lost Danny Noppert (Pic: PDC)
Earlier, Stephen Bunting's The defense of his master's headings ended with a dramatic mode while missing two matches in the last shooting for losing 4-3 Danny is full.
The Dutch has missed the game to collapse 41, but passed by D16 and D8 allowed Nopper to return and hit D8 for an exciting victory.
After the audit, he claimed a close set of opening, Noppert wasted six legs in a series of moving 3-1 in advance – but the Englishman fought back to 3-3, and then 1-1 in the decisive seventh set.
Ultimately, it was cut to pay for missing 19 out of 26 dawn in double – including 11 in a row in one stage – and he lost the opportunity to play his friend Luke Humphries In the last four.
Humphries looked impressive in the introductory match of the afternoon, on average 104 in a 4-1 victory Damon Heta.
Top seeds missed two dads for another set, but it was the only significant blemish as he won every other set to reach the final session on Sunday night.
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